English Explanatory Dictionary

forestaller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.
  2. One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.
  3. A device that overrides an automatic brake signal.
  4. One who obstructs a road, especially in order to intercept traffic.

Word forms

forestaller forestallers

Etymology

From Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall + -er.

Related words

forestallment
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